Christmas is a wonderful time of the year.  Especially for Melissa because she gets time off from work.  Since the holidays fell on weekends this year she got off the whole week after Christmas plus Monday January 2nd.   Our activities over the season began before her break, on Thursday December 22nd, when we spent … Continue reading Christmas Break 2016 →

Time flew by on our Christmas market tour, and before we knew it we were off to visit the last city of our tour, Salzburg, Austria.  We woke up Sunday December 11th near Austria’s eastern border, in Vienna, then, after a two and a half hour train ride, we arrived in Salzburg, near Austria’s western … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 9 & 10 Salzburg & Goodbye →

Despite arriving in Vienna on Wednesday, it wasn’t until Saturday that we decided to explore the city.  Our tour began with trips to two different palaces, then followed with an afternoon in the city center being guided around by native Austrians, and finished up with a hokey, yet fun and informative, trip through Vienna’s history … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 8 Vienna →

Because we’re Americans when we go on vacation we have to do and see it all.  On Friday December 9th that meant pushing ourselves to visit Budapest, Hungary.  This national capital is located about 150 miles, and about 2.5 hours away from Vienna. Knowing we had only a limited amount of time in the city, … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 7 Budapest →

Wednesday December 7th, the fifth day of our Christmas market tour, was mostly taken up with travel.  We again rode by bus. This time riding with a private bus company called RegioJet.  The 5 hour trek from Prague to Vienna was very nice considering it was the cheapest ticket on our whole trip.  As our … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 5 & 6 Vienna & Bratislava →

After Nuremberg, Germany the next stop on our Christmas market tour was Prague, Czech Republic.  To better explore this historic and expansive national capital we stayed two nights.  Even so, when we left on Wednesday December 7th, it still felt like we had only scratched the surface of all Prague had to offer.   On … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 3 & 4 Prague →